Harrow.



G. W. COPELAND.

HARROW.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 1911.

1,020,189, Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

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UNITED OFFICE.

GEORGE W. COPELAND, F ENSLEY, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF To. JAMES W. KARE, OF ENSLEY, ALABAMA.

HARROW.

1,020,189, Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1912.

Application filed November 8, 1911. Serial No. 659,129.

To all whom it may concern: 2 means of the short chains 8. Upon these Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Corn- 1 ing rods are connected at the joints 7 by transversely disposed rod sections, the har- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residrow disks are mounted in the following ing at Ensley, in the county of Jefferson manner: The rod sections are provided with and State of Alabama, have invented certhe spaced spherical enlargements 9. The tain new and useful Improvements in Harharrow disks 10 are preferably formed in rows, of which the following is a specificatwo sections each of which carries one-half tion, reference being had to the accompaof a socket casing 11, said socket casings benying drawings. ing arranged upon each face of the disk.

This invent-ion relates to harrows and has These casings project from the opposite for its object to provide a disk harrow of faces of the disks to a sufficient extent to simple and novel construction including prevent their longitudinal movement upon means whereby the disks may be angular-1y the supporting rod sections. Between cerpositioned when the harrow is turned upon tain of the disks on the supporting rod seereaching the end of the field. tions, clod crushing rollers 12 are loosely A further object of the invention is to mounted. These rollers, however, are not provide improved means for mounting the essential elements of the construction and disks in the frame of the harrow for free may be eliminated if desired. Longitudirotative movement and bodily movement to nal frame bars 13 have their ends bent angularly position the same with relation to around the front and rear transverse rods the longitudinal axis of the harrow, and a G and to the same the seat supporting bars plurality of transversely movable bars havlet are removably secured in any desired ing notches to receive the edges of the disks manner. These 7 seat supporting bars conand retain the disks in parallel relation to 'erge inwardly and upwardly and the seat the line of movement of the harrow. 15 is fixed to the upper ends thereof and is 30 A further object of the invention is to disposed over the approximate center of the provide a disk harrow and disk adjustii'ig machine. means therefor whereby the harrow may be By providing the ball and socket mounteasily turned without danger of breaking ing for the disks upon the rods 6, their free the disks or the shafts on which they are rotative movement is permitted as the mamounted, thereby materially increasing the chine travels over the ground and they are durability and etficieney of the harrow. also capable of t'ansverse angular move- With the above and other objects in view, ment with relation to the longitudinal plane the invention consists of the novel features of the harrow when the machine is turned of construction, combination and arrangcat the end of the field. l provide manually ment of parts hereinafter fully described operable means for effecting this angular and claimed, and illustrated in the accompadisposition of the disks, said mechanism nying drawings, in which being constructed and mounted in the fol- Figure 1 is a plan View of a disk harlowing manner. To one of the angular side row embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 bars 5 of the f ame, a. plurality of inwardly is an enlarged section taken on the line extending bracket plates 16 are bolted or 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of otherwise rigidly secured and upon the horione of the disks; Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail zontal flange of the central bracket, the versection of the disk mounting. V tically disposed arm 17 is fulcrumed inter- Refe-rring in detail to the drawing 5 desmediate of its ends as indicated at 18. The ignates the longitudinal side bars of the lower end of this arm is provided with a harrow which are preferably formed of anlongitudinal slot 19 through which the secgle iron and have their horizontal flanges tions of a longitudinally disposed bar 20 extending inwardly. To the vertical flanges are disposed. These bar sections are pivof these angle bars the ends of the disk car: otally connected for relative vertical moverying rods 6 are loosely connected. These ment and are disposed directly over the rods are each formed in a plurality of sectransverse disk carrying rods 6 which are tions loosely jointed together as indicated adapted to engage with the bar 20 and lift at 7. The series of transverse disk carry the sections thereof when the disks pass over a broken or uneven surface. Thus undue strain upon the bar 20 and liability of breakage thereof is obviated. The central section of the bar 20 is freely movable in the slot 19 in the lower end of the arm 17 for a similar purpose. A rod 21 connects the upper end of the arm 17 to a lever 22 which is pivotally mounted at its lower end upon one face of a rack 23 and carries the usual spring actuated dog for engagement with the teeth of said rack to lock the lever in its adjusted position. To the sections of the bar 20 a plurality of transverse bars 2:4. are rigidly secured at one of their ends, the other ends of said bars being movably disposed through openings provided in the longitudinal bar 5 of the harrow frame on the opposite side thereof. These transverse bars 24 are provided with a plurality of notches or recesses 25 which receive the edge portions of the disks 10. By this arrangement of parts it will be seen that when the operator grasps the upper end of the lever 22 and forces the same outwardly toward the side of the machine the lower end of arm 17 is thrown inwardly, thereby shifting the longitudinal bar 20 thereof and also moving the bars 24 transversely so that the disks are disposed at an angle as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1 to facilitate the turning of the machine to the left. hen it is desired to turn to the right it is of course understood that the lever 22 is pulled in the opposite direction. The end sections of the bar 20 are supported in suitable guides 26 which are rigidly fixed to the ends of the longitudinal frame bar 5, said guides including the loops 27 which permit of the limited vertical and transverse movement of the rod sections. To the front ends of the longitudinal frame bars the usual draft attachments may be connected in any approved manner.

From the foregoing it is believed that the construction and operation of my improved rotary disk harrow will be fully understood. The means provided for positioning the disks in the turning of the machine is extremely simple and effective and does not interfere in any way with the continued rotation of the disks. The jointed construction of the disk carrying rods and the bar 20 permits of the relative movement of the various sections so that the disks of each series may be disposed at different elevations. It is of course understood that the openings in the frame bar 5 through which the ends of the transverse bars 24 move are sufliciently large to permit of the vertical movement of said bar with the disk. The various parts employed in my improved construction are all of simple form and may be readily manufactured and assembled at small cost.

While 'I have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the various elements, it will be obvious that the same are susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the essential feature or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is .1. In a disk harrow, a plurality of disk carrying rods each consisting of a plurality of jointed sections, a series of disks rotatably mounted on each of the rods and also bodily movable thereon to angular positions with relation to the longitudinal aXis of the machine, and means for simultaneously moving all of the disks to such angular positions.

2. In a disk harrow, a plurality of transversely disposed disk carrying rods each consisting of a plurality of jointed sections, chains connecting adjacent rods at thejoints of said sections, a plurality of disks rotatably mounted upon each of the rods and capable of bodily movement to angular positions with relation to the longitudinal axis of the harrow, a plurality of transversely movable bars coacting with the disks to normally prevent their angular movement, and manually operable means for simultaneously moving said transverse bars to angularly position the disks.

3. In a disk harrow, a plurality of transversely disposed spaced disk carrying rods, a series of disks rotatably mounted upon each of the rods and movable thereon to angular positions with relation to the longitudinal axis of the harrow, a longitudinally movable bar for each series of disks having notches in its ends to receive the edge portions of the disks, said bars normally preventing the angular movement of the disks, and manually operable means connected to said bars to simultaneously move the same and shift the disks to their angular positions.

4. In a disk harrow, a plurality of transversely disposed disk carrying rods, a series of disks rotatably mounted upon each of the rods and angularly movable thereon, a plurality of transversely dis-posed movable bars associated with said disks and normally preventing their angular movement, and a longitudinally disposed transversely movable bar connected to said transverse bars to simultaneously move the same and angularly position the disks.

5. In a disk harrow, a plurality of transversely disposed disk carrying rods, a series of disks rotatably mounted upon each of the rods and bodily movable thereon to anguneeted to said transverse bars to simultaneously move the same, guides for said longitudinal bar to limit its transverse movementand manually operable means connected to said longitudinal bar to actuate the same and simultaneously shift the disks to angular positions.

6. In a disk harrow, a plurality of transversely disposed disk carrying rods each consisting of a plurality of jointed sections a series of disks rotatably mounted upon each of the rods and having bodily transverse angular movement thereon, a transversely movable bar associated with each series of disks and normally preventing their angular movement, a longitudinally disposed transversely movable bar consisting of a plurality of jointed sections extending above the disk carrying rods, guides to limit the transverse movement of said longitudinal bar, a vertically disposed arm fulcrumed intermediate of its ends and having a longitudinal slot in its lower end to receive said latter bar, said transverse disk engaging bars being connected to said longitudinal bar, and means connected to the upper end of said arm to actuate said longitudinal bar and simultaneously move the series of disks to angular positions with relation to the line of movement of the harrow. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE V. COPELAND. \Vitnesses Roscoe E. Sco'r'r, A. F. WVnrrrAok.

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